Ice cream scoop



Oct. 13, 1931. C, GA, PALMER 1,826,818

ICE CREAM SCOOP Filed Nov. 1, 1930 satema oct-13,1931

, UNITED, STATESA yIci; culinairscoor i omntnsarnnmna, or InvrNGromJn-asnr j u 'OI 1191.939? fsffs NQ-y 492m- Application med November This invention relates to ice cream scoops and more particularly to means for facilitatingand reducing the cost of manufacturing such devices. y

'Heretofoie ice cream scoops havev been made with a main supporting shank.' Such shanks were made in the foundry, lconsiderabletime and expense beingnecessary to finish the casting for` use in' an ice cream scoop.

It is an objectof this invention to provide anice cream scoop having a shank which may be readily assembled Vfrom elements'of com- Ymon shape, it not being necessary to resort tothe foundry. Y.

A lfurther object is the provision of an ice cream scoop having a scraper operating lever which is fulcrumed on the hand grip, thus reducing the number of elements adjacentthe material being scooped, at thesame timeen- 20 abling the scoop to be cleaned more easily than heretofore. Y n

These and other advantageous objects, which will later appear, are'accomplished by the simple and practicalconstruction and ar- 25 rangement of parts l'iereinal'ter described and exhibited in the accompanying drawings,-l

forming part hereof, and in which: Y

Figure 1 represents a sectional view of an ice cream scoop embodying the invention.'

Figure 2 represents Va plan View ofthe ice cream` scoop. v 1

Referring to the drawings, the ice cream scoop is shownr to .include a rod 6 having a head 3, which retains the arcuate plate 10 on the rod. The plate 10 andhead '3 are soldered to a semi-spherical bowl 11. A hand.

grip 5 is mounted on the opposite end of rod 6, and interposed between the'handle 5 and plate 10 is' a tube 9,y and positioned between l the tube and the handle is the transverse por# tion `21 of abracket whichhas a portion 22 parallel to the tube 9. Y I

The plate 10, tube9, bracket portion 21 and' hand grip 5 are all clamped vtightly together 4.5 by means of a screw 8 which abuts an Vend of'l the handle and threadedly engages the rod 6. The rod 6 has a flattened Vportion 7 having Van aperture through'which passes a brushing 20 and a pivot pin 19, which also passes yj@ through the handle Attached to pinV 19 is a lever 18 having anl integral arcuate rackl-T 1n engagement .with a pinion 15 attachedto: ashaft 14 which are respectively7 in the plate 10" and-an lupstanding portion of bracket 22.

Attached tofthefshaft Misa semifcircular @.5 l'

scraper. 12, havingits opposite end rotatably Y mounted"y in :'thevwall'` of the bowl 11V.V The Yscraper 12 is vfor the ywell known purpose of vloosening ice creamin the bowl so `thatl it may ybeleasily removed. 'i' f -'1 Projecting up from thebracket 22 is a pin 2 3 about which is wound-iaitorsion spring'24, Y lhaving* one end engaging a-pinx25- on 'the bracket, and the other end 'engaging the lever 1,8. The spring 24 normally urges the lever 5 to the extreme position as shown inf-Figure 2. When :pressure is vapplied vtothe lever,th Amovement "ofjthe' rack. 17 A causes rotation of the pinions 15` and the scraper 12.

fFrom the above description, it will'be seen 39, f that I' have Iprovided a structure whichY may readilybe assembled and manufactured 'at' af -,small cost. By employingr the rod and` tube' .construction for` the shank, the heretofore flarge cost ofi making shanks in'thefoundry'dii` is -greatly reduced, at the same time-a shank maybe finished in less time than is required to finish-1a forged shank. f

. ,"Byr pivoting'the-lever vl8fon'the handgrip,

the number' of parts adjacent thejbowlis'xre Q9 -duced,V and consequently there are'ifewer parts7 to., get dirty, and the cleaningfpf the scoop is facilitated. f l Also, the'pivoting of the lever von the vhandV grip.v enables the use of the yassembled Vshank as above described, asit is notnecessary to Vprovide pivotin meanson the shank; f f Theenlargedlliead journalledlrin bearing 16 is aLcollar' 3() frictionally for otherwise'mounty ed'ony-the shafty 14 andabuttingthe pinion 15'. Y The diameter of the collarBO is "greater than tliedistancebetween the 'forked extremi-4 ties 0f the bearing 16, andwhenin the posi'- tionfshownf` in Jthedrawings, the shaft is 'posi'- tively heldin position yin the bearings.. y

..fsWVhen it isidesired to vdisassemble thedef Vvice, the collarfSO-'is slid along thejshaft 14 awayifrom'pinion 15 and out ofthe bearing 16. The shaftle mayV then be'passed between 1 i the extremities of bearing 16, so that it may Y 2 y i Y rename be manipulated in order to remove the scraper 12.

The foregoing disclosure is to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not 5 as restrictive or limitative of the invention, of which obviously an embodiment may be constructed including many modifications withoutv departing from the general scope herein indicated and denoted in the appended 1o claims.

Having thus described my inventiomwhat- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. In an ice cream scoop, a straight rod, a

bowl, means for securing the bowl to the rod, a bracket detachably mounted on the rod, a hand grip on the rod, and a lever pivoted on the `hand grip, a scraper mounted in the bowl, and means supported by the bracket and operable bythe lever to rotate the scraper.

2. In an ice cream scoop, a rod, a bowl secured at one end to the rod, a tube surrounding the rod, a hand grip mounted on the other end of the rod, said tube being positioned between'the hand grip and bowl, a bracket on the rod and positioned between the hand grip and tube, means to tightly clamp the bowl, tube, bracket and hand grip together, a stub shaft supportedby the bracket and the bowl,

a scraper fixed to the stub shaft, a pinion fixed to the shaft, a lever pivotally mounted on the hand grip, and an arcuate rack carried by the lever and engaging the pinion to rotate the scraper. v

3. In an ice cream scoop, a rod, an arcuate plate mounted at one end of the rod, a bowl secured to the plate, a hand grip mountedon the other end of the rod,.a tube surrounding the rod and positioned between the plate and 4.o the hand grip, means to tightly clamp the plate, tubeand hand grip together, a portion of the rod in the hand grip Vbeing flattened, a pin passing through the flattened portion and the hand grip, anda leverpivoted on the pin.

, 4. In an ice cream scoop, a rod, a bowl secured to one end of the rod, a hand grip mounted on the rod, a tube surrounding the rod, a bracket mounted on the rod, and posi- 5e tioned between the tube and handgrip, means to tightly clamp the tube, bracket and hand grip together, a shaft having one end journalled in a bearing' on the bowl, a collar slidably mounted on rthe .other end of the shaft and journalled in a bearing on the bracket, a vscraper carried by the shaft, a pinioniXed to the shaft, a lever pivotally mounted on the hand grip, and an arcuate rack carried by the lever and engaging the pinion to rotate the a0 shaft and scraper.

This specification signed this 20th day of March, 1931. i CHARLES G. PALMER. 

